Column Chromatography Purification and Analysis of Biodiesel by Transesterification
LIU Yang1, 2, YI Huai-feng3, CHEN Yu1, WU Yu-long1*, YANG Ming-de1, CHEN Zeng1, TONG Jun-mao2
1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 2. Food College of Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China 3. Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Petro-China, Karamay 834000, China
Abstract：In the present paper, crude biodiesel prepared with sorbifolia oil as raw material by transesterification was purified by column chromatography, then the composition of biodiesel was analyzed by gas chromatography, FTIR, GC-MS and 1H NMR. Column chromatography can separate the crude biodiesel into two fractions: petroleum ether eluted fraction (A1) and methanol eluted fraction (A2). Petroleum ether eluted fraction was mainly biodiesel fraction, which was produced from sorbifolia oil by transesterification, including methyl linoleate, methyl cis-9-octadecenoate and so on; methanol eluted fraction was mainly glycerol fraction, which came from the side reaction of transesterification. The results show that the purity of refined biodiesel increased from 77.51% to 93.87%, and the product recovery rate reached up to 91.04% after the purification by column chromatography. The results obtained by FTIR and 1H NMR further showed that the column chromatography can effectively improve the purity of biodiesel. This paper provides a basis for industrialization of purification of biodiesel.
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